Sea of Thieves charts 5 updates with new mechanics in 2018

Sea of Thieves is a game about horizons. The driving force in the open-world online piracy adventure is the question of what is waiting for you and crewmates just over the edge of the world. The problem is that after a few sessions, you generally know the answers to that question: skeletons, a treasure chest, and maybe another ship full of players. But now Microsoft and the Rare studio want you to look to the game’s development horizon and the promise of new quests, rewards, and mechanics that are awaiting you in future updates.

Rare announced its Sea of Thieves content plans today, and the studio is making a commitment to regular updates that will introduce significant changes. The Xbox One and PC game has attracted a huge audience, but Microsoft wants to keep those players coming back in part because it is one of the main attractions in its $10-per-month Xbox Game Pass subscription service.